What if Naruto had a hidden power that came to be when he fought Mizuki, a bloodline he never knew of? Then he would be known as the Kaze no Arashi, the Wind Storm!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Those rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

Kaze no Arashi

Chapter 5:

The Reality of Nami no Kuni!

Naruto felt his sadness invade his body, a virus that just took over his body. He looked toward his mother's home, where she came from, and it was just a bunch of pillars that stuck out of the water. Tears freely flowed from his cerulean pools as he kept looking at the destruction in front of him. It just made him feel like this village is him, broken and destroyed. That all he was were the broken pillars that barely stood out of the water's surface. He just kept openly balling like a kid, an idiotic kid that can't control his emotions.

Sakura and Sasuke could hear Naruto's saddening cries as they could see his back, weak and bent. Kakashi showed no emotion, but inside, he felt a deep sadness from Naruto and what he had been through. The village he lived in hated and despises him for the most part, he was the class clown and dead last of his academy graduating class and he had no family left. All he had were stories others told him about them and the picture that the Hokage gave him. Other than that, he knew nothing of them except those things and of the Uzumaki Clan, a clan that was known for sealing techniques.

Naruto found out that after Uzushiogakure was destroyed that many Uzumaki went and hid in many other villages in the shinobi world. He hoped to see one that might know about his mother or just tell him more about the clan from someone that knew exactly how they were. The tears were waterfalls, continuingly flowing down onto the ground until Naruto felt supporting hands on his back.

Naruto looked to see his team behind him, smiling sadly at him.

"Naruto, we will be your family," Sakura said lightly to the boy. "We will support each other and make sure everything is alright. We will be your family."

Sasuke smiled at Naruto for once, "Dope, I know what it feels like to have nothing, no family just like you. Not only did you have no family, but no support otherwise. While I choose to be alone, you weren't given that choice. You were alone from the start and I'm just noticing how much we have in common. I think that eventually, we will be like brothers. No, we are brothers."

Naruto start to look at them and smile as he got up and looked at them, "Thanks, guys…"

Kakashi eye smiled at the team as Naruto cheerfully said, "Now, let's get to that training!"

This caused everyone to laugh and move ahead, toward the future.

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"So, what will our training be, Kaka-sensei?" Naruto asked his teacher excitedly.

"A chakra control exercise," Kakashi spoke as he generated chakra to his feet and started walking up a tree. He found a branch as he looked down at his students and eye-smiled. "You'll be climbing trees like I did!"

"Awesome," Naruto cheered and was about to try it, but Kakashi stopped him.

"I have to explain; this exorcise requires you to focus your chakra to the bottom of your feet, a stable amount and walk up the tree. Too much will cause the tree to crack and too little will cause you to not even get on the tree. But you guys will learn better when you actually try it." Kakashi threw them each a kunai as it landed in front of each of them. "Just try it out!"

Naruto chuckled as he picked up the kunai. "I can do this in my sleep."

Kakashi had an almost dead look to him. "Whatever you say, great Naruto-sama."

Naruto and the others rushed the trees. Surprising Kakashi was that Sasuke was the first to fall of the tree as he put too much chakra on the tree, causing it to start to break. He took the kunai and made a cut as he landed on the ground safely. Naruto got at least one-fourth of the way before making a slash on the tree's body, lost his grip on the tree. He feared he was going to fall and hit the ground hard, but he opened his eyes to see he was floating in mid-air.

He dropped safely to the ground, surprised at what happened.

Sakura was already zooming through the tree, expertly reaching to the top. She looked down from the top of a tree, resting on the tree branch. Smiling and playfully sticking out her tongue in accomplishment, she looked at her teammates and teacher. "This is pretty easy!"

Naruto looked up and saw his crush on top of the tree. "Wow, Sakura-chan, that's awesome!"

Sasuke just looked down at the ground in failure.

Kakashi just said, "The Uchiha and the Fourth Hokage's Legacy are not as strong as I thought they would be."

"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura yelled at her teacher at taunting her teammates.

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and nodded as they got off the ground. They focused on their chakra on ran up the tree while Sakura came down from hers, walking swiftly down the trunk. Naruto didn't get at all much further up then before, falling to the ground after marking the tree.

Sasuke got quite a bit farther, closer to Naruto, and he marked the tree before falling. Naruto grew frustrated and looked at the exhausted Sakura that was resting under the tree she went up. He approached her, causing Kakashi to look at his student.

"Sakura," Naruto spoke as he looked around and then got closer to Sakura, "can you help me do this?"

Sakura was amazed. Naruto was actually asking for her help. She blushed a little and grinned, sticking her tongue out a little. She was better at something than the others afterall. "Okay, Naruto, I'll help you out."

Naruto lit up and focused on as Sakura spoke to him and Kakashi looked on. I wonder how much you'll grow Naruto. It'll be a treat to see what you become.

Unknowing to them, a little boy was watching them. It's all useless. Why even try? Then the boy went back to Tazuna's house, not understanding why these ninjas thought they could do anything.

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Tazuna was about to head out and build the bridge when he saw three people enter the house.

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Sasuke was panting. Damn it! How did he accomplish this? Sasuke went up the tree, slashed the bark and dropped to the ground before repeating the process.

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"So, where's the pretty boy at?" Tazuna asked Kakashi, Sakura and the grinning Naruto.

"He's out training on the trees out back." Kakashi explained as he put his hand on the heads of Sakura and Naruto. "These two have already passed the training and will be protecting you now while I rest, Tazuna."

"Really," said the surprised bridge builder as he looked at the smiling duo, scratching the back of their heads. "I thought pretty boy would have already beaten these two easily."

Naruto grew a tick mark and yelled, "I'm better than Sasuke! Believe it!" Sakura lightly punched Naruto's head and told him to quiet down.

"Alright, whatever you say," Tazuna said as he exited the house. "Let's get going!"

"Right!" the two exclaimed seriously as they walked with the bridge builder.

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Sasuke kept going up the tree, slashing the bark and cursing. I can't believe that Naruto beat me to the top! If I can't even beat the dead last, what does it make me? I'll never be able to defeat my brother. Although, Naruto has had his struggles, the village will not even give him a glance. His parents are dead and he has been alone almost all of his life. He also has been housing the demon fox inside his body against his will and has a kekkai genkai from the Fourth himself.

Sasuke shook his head and growled at himself. Forget about Naruto! Just focus on the tree, focus on the tree! Sasuke concentrated and, then, ran up the tree, finally reaching really close to the top, before marking his place and landing back on the ground. I'm getting close!

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Haku undid the bun holder; let his hair drifted a little over his shoulders as he held a basket to collect herbs to help Zabuza become cured. His sleeveless pink kimono fluttered a little with the wind. The way he looked, he could probably be mistaken for a young lady. He picked at the herbs in the forest and then a bird perched on his shoulder. Little did Haku know, someone knew that he was there and that person watched him like a bird, a crow, attentive and fierce.

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"This… is… boring!" Naruto complained as he pouted at having to do this job. "I could be doing training right now, but I'm stuck guarding the old man! I want something exciting to happen!"

"Naruto," Sakura scolded her teammate, "don't ask for anything like that!" She glared at the blonde. "You never know what might happen."

"All I know is that if something's going to happen, it better be amazing, fucking intense and it better come fucking soon!" Naruto yelled as the bridge builder Tazuna grew angry at the brat.

"You have a big mouth, you know, brat! I'd rather pretty boy be here than you! At least all he'll say is a grunt and ignore me! You are just annoying the crap out of me!"

"You know you love me, old man!" Naruto joked at Tazuna, who sighed as he saw one of the bridge builders leave.

"Hey, Giichi, what are you doing," Tazuna asked as elderly bridge builder named Giichi turned and looked into Tazuna's eyes.

"I'm leaving, Tazuna. I don't want to lose my life because of this bridge! This is all foolhardy; we're all going to die if we continue this bridge to the end! No, there's no way that this bridge will be finished! Gato and his men will kill us all!"

"So, you're just a coward…" Naruto said fiercely as Giichi looked at the boy.

"What do you know, kid? You have never lived in a situation where you can die at any moment! This bridge is just a foolish, childish dream for those who want to die! Are you just wanting a death wish?"

Giichi didn't understand this boy at all. Why would this blonde kid be willing to help with this bridge? He would just end up dead! He didn't get what this boy was thinking! He was asking to be killed.

Naruto grew angry at this man. "I'm a ninja! I have been trained that I'll have to face life-or-death situations at one point! This bridge isn't a childish dream! This bridge is for your country, for YOUR people! This is for your wife, your brothers and sisters, your sons and daughters and the future generation of Nami no Kuni! This is your chance to take a stand and kick Gato right in the ass! If you risk your life, you'll be honored and your family will be proud of what you accomplished! Why can't you see that this is more than just the dream of an old bridge builder! This is the dream of Nami no Kuni and I'll support this dream!

"I will make this dream a reality and I will not die here! I won't die until I become the leader of my village; not until I become Hokage! If you leave now, leaving your fellow people out to die for the sake of their village than go ahead! That just means that you're worse than scum to me!"

Everyone looked at Naruto with wide eyes. This boy had yelled out to this deserter just how much this bridge meant to their people. Sakura was even surprised by Naruto's speech. She had never seen Naruto speak like this. Sure he would say he'd be Hokage and all that, but she could sense feelings and passion behind Naruto's words now. Determination flowed through everyone to complete this bridge, the bridge that would lead them to their dream, a better nation, and a better future.

Even Giichi was shocked at this boy and his speech. It almost made him change his mind and support the bridge, but it still didn't. The guy walked away from them like a coward and Tazuna just yelled at him, "Don't come back tomorrow! You're done!"

Now, Giichi looked at the incomplete bridge. He sighed. He didn't have a job, but at least he had a life. Everyone else thought differently. To them, Giichi lost everything, even his dignity.

"It's noon. It's time to call it a day for now." Tazuna said as he rubbed Naruto's hair. "You're less of a brat than I thought."

Naruto and Tazuna smile at each other as Sakura joined them, smiling as they went into town.

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Haku was slightly stunned when a kunai knife was thrown right in front of him, landing by his feet. A familiar shinobi dropped from a tree with the Uchiha symbol on his back. The boy stared at Haku intensely as Haku remembered him to be with that group of ninja that Zabuza faced in the woods.

That symbol on his back is of the famous Uchiha clan, but I heard from Zabuza that it was dead, all of its members slaughtered by the rouge ninja Uchiha Itachi. This boy doesn't wield the Sharingan though so I don't know if he's just faking it and putting on a show to intimidate people. I heard from that blonde kid that his name was Sasuke. I didn't catch the blonde's name though. Haku thought as Sasuke was glaring daggers at the boy.

"What are you doing here way out into the woods?" Sasuke stood with his arms across his chest.

Haku just smiled and said, "I was picking herbs to heal my master." Sasuke still looked cautiously at Haku, but was shocked when he giggled. "Do you have someone special to you, someone to protect?"

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Naruto and Sakura were shocked at this town; people were running around, calls of "Thief!" flooded the village as people were homeless with dirt covered bodies.

Even children, Sakura thought, sadly looking at the dirty child as they enter a store.

"Welcome," said the shop keeper as all Naruto and Sakura saw was tiny beans and dust.

Tazuna looked as a guy saw Sakura's pouch and was about to take something, but Naruto saw him and stopped him faster than the speed of light. "What do you think you're doing to Sakura-chan?"

Sakura turned around as Naruto said this to see him talking angrily to a shady guy. Naruto knew what the man wanted, money, but this guy looked like he was someone that wasted money on drugs. Naruto still felt bad for the guy, sneaking a few ryo his way, while telling him to get lost. Naruto also knew the man couldn't get drugs with that money, but it would give the man something. Plus Naruto knew from appearances not to judge, so he at least gave the man money to buy goods or food.

If there is any food, Naruto thought, almost forgetting about the store that they were in, almost empty and bare.

Sakura and Naruto were stunned by this tortured town. Gato's reign allowed this country to fall and never get back up. Naruto knew he had to help this village, but suddenly he sensed something. He looked behind him and Sakura to see a little boy tugging at Sasuka's dress. Sakura turned to see a little boy, holding out his hands, hoping for something. The look in this boy's eyes made Naruto smile sadly at the boy before he stopped Sakura from giving the boy her candy she had in her pouch.

Naruto smiled sadly at Sakura, whispering, "Let me, Sakura-chan…"

Naruto pulled out his slightly bigger storage of candy, fifth-teen individually wrapped candies that made the boy's eyes spark with joy, stuffing them into his pockets and was about to run away when Sakura stopped him, smiling at him, giving him five candies herself.

The boy felt so happy that someone would do this. His heart swelled with joy as he thanked the two ninja and ran with the five candies still in hand.

This made Naruto even more determined to save this village and help build the bridge. I will make sure that this village becomes better.

He began walking as Sakura smiled at him, also feeling like they should help the village. Tazuna and the two teammates headed to the house, preparing to do whatever to help this tragic village.

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Someone precious to me… Sasuke thought as he angrily looked at Haku. How dare this person talk of precious people to me! All those precious to me were taken away! How could this smiling freak even think they know who he was and what he had been through!

Sasuke's teeth grinded together in rage as he looked fiercely at this person before him, wanting to kill this person right now. I'll tell it off so it can leave me to finishing the tree climbing exorcise.

"You talk happily of these precious people you speak of, but what if these people were taken from you? Those close to you taken by the one you trusted so much, but that person backstabbed you and killed all of those you loved and became your goal. You are just mocking me!"

Sasuke rushed at this person, his eyes losing sight, following by instinct, only to be stopped by a hand. Sasuke looked to not see the person he was starting to hate, but his teammate Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto.

"What are you doing, Sasuke?" Naruto asked angrily as Haku was stunned by the blonde's appearance.

"This person is mocking me, telling me about these precious people that he believes in yet not knowing about me. How all my precious people were taken from me by the one I loved the most, the one I trusted the most! He doesn't know how I feel! You don't know how I feel! You never had anything precious in your entire life!" Sasuke gasped at what he had said to his teammate. He wasn't thinking when he said that to Naruto. He didn't mean what he said, not at all!

Sasuke looked Naruto in the eye, seeing a broken and darkened soul like his own. "Naruto, I wasn't thinking when I said that!"

"No," Naruto said coldly at his teammate, scaring Sasuke slightly when he looked into Naruto's maelstrom eyes, "you weren't thinking from the start…"

"What…" Sasuke uttered to Naruto, "What do you mean, Naruto…"

"You have precious people, Sasuke. You have Kakashi-sensei, who is teaching you and allowing you to grow stronger, you have Sakura-chan, who's becoming less of an annoyance as you would call her, and lastily, you have me, your rival, teammate and best friend." Naruto smiled sadly at his teammate. "Or are we nothing compared to your dream? Are we nothing compared to your ambition, huh, great Uchiha Sasuke?" Naruto spat as he walked away from the two with Haku looking intently at Naruto.

Naruto turned around and looked Sasuke in the eye, "At least now that, you are precious to us…"

Naruto went off, leaving Haku and Sasuke in the forest, wanting to let out some stream before heading back to Tazuna's house.

Haku was stunned by the boy who was walking away, but smiled as he went on his way. Naruto, huh… He will grow stronger, definitely…

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Naruto was outside after dinner and explanation of why Inari, Tsunami's kid, was a brat all the time. Naruto sighed as he remembered what he said to the crying boy. The boy saw his father, his hero, fall and die by the hands of Gato. It made the boy lose hope and just wallow at what he lost. The stars in the sky calmed Naruto down from all that had happened from the bridge to Sasuke to Inari. All Naruto knew was that he could forgive Sasuke. His teammate just wasn't thinking at the time, too riled up to even think straight. What that boy said to Sasuke must have triggered something. Naruto sighed as he went inside to sleep.

It was a long day. He needed some rest. He was going to have an even longer day tomorrow.

AN: There's the next chapter! This was more of a relaxing chapter as it didn't concentrate on fighting. I mainly focused on Nami no Kuni and what it has become. The reason Sasuke reacted the way he did is just because Sasuke never really lets out his emotions, maybe anger but mostly I feel that is frustration. I feel that Sasuke would eventually blow since Haku was talking about precious people. I feel that Sasuke would blow his top and say something he wouldn't mean. He does think Team Seven are his precious people; he just couldn't control the emotions that he felt from Haku's words. When Itachi is even slightly mentioned and the happiness Haku feels when mentioning those precious to him, I felt Sasuke would unintentionally snap. Naruto doesn't hold anything against Sasuke as he feels that Haku somehow accidently triggered it.

Tell me how you feel about the chapter or the story as a whole. Next chapter will be the battle at the bridge and the ending of the Wave Ark.

Thanks for reading!